From blocked JetBlue merger to engine recalls and soaring jet fuel, how years of setbacks left Spirit one bad week from collapse. Inside the viral crowdfunding stunt turning a joke TikTok into a $335 ...

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Spirit Airlines said in a filing that the budget for unwinding the airline would be about $217 million. The discount carrier shut down before dawn on Saturday after years of struggles. The carrier's ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What began as a TikTok joke has turned into one of the internet’s most ...

Lousy service, not the Iran war, killed Spirit Airlines. Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and – crucially – its reputation for poor customer service. The ...

The jet fuel crisis was the straw that broke Spirit Airlines’ back, but other budget airlines are also struggling to be profitable and losing market share—a potential warning for cost-conscious ...

In May 2026, a rumor circulated online claiming that Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren sold 20,000 shares in Spirit Airlines two weeks before the carrier went out of business. For example ...

The Spirit Airlines shutdown will ripple through commercial aviation, likely raising higher fares as the budget carrier exits the market, industry experts said. "Any time you have a reduction in ...

Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. is set to start an orderly wind-down process to sell its assets, capping the downfall of the low-cost carrier that has filed for bankruptcy twice in recent years and ...

When Elizabeth Warren took to X in early 2024 to acknowledge the blocked merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, she framed it as a clear consumer victory. She called the decision, which ...

Spirit’s planes and slots will soon be up for sale and slots at places like Fort Lauderdale and LaGuardia could see high demand. With Spirit’s announcement Saturday morning that it will cease ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...